Christmas in Maia 2

Christmas in Maia 2 is the second edition of Christmas in Maia, a spin-off contest based off of Maia Song Contest, but with a Christmas theme. It will be hosted in Björnska, with host city and arena details to be revealed at a later date. An invitation was issued to all countries who have competed or are competing in Maia Song Contest. There was a hard-limit of max 27 countries competing.

Layout and rules
The contest is very similar to Maia Song Contest 1, in which it will not have any semi-finals, but instead it has one grand final. This means that there is a max limit of 27 competing countries.

To be able to participate in Christmas in Maia 2, you have to have participated in at least one edition of Maia Song Contest. You are not allowed to compete if you are currently banned from the competition.

You may only send an artist that your country has claimed (or is unclaimed), or if you happen to receive permission from the country that has claimed the artist you are planning to use. One artist can NOT represent two countries.

The songs that are allowed to participate have the requirement to be themed around Christmas, or contain elements of Christmas in the song, such as, for example, Christmas-y instruments (such as bells), lyrics themed around Christmas/Santa/winter, or other stuff that may make it sound like a Christmas song. Songs about other religious events around Christmas (such as Hanukkah, Kwanzaa etc.) are also allowed.

You are allowed to use cover versions of Christmas songs, however, two countries can not submit the same song by two different artists. The same rule applied even if the songs are in different languages (for example: if person 1 submits "Jingle Bells" in English, and person 2 submits "Jingle Bells" in Swedish, person 2 would be forced to change their song.) Songs that were submitted in the first edition are not allowed to be sent to this edition, even with a different artist.

There is not a requirement for the song to have a music video.

Points will be given out in the same way that you do in Maia Song Contest, by giving out 1-8, 10 and 12 points to your top 10.

Grand Final
Playlist Recap

Deadline to send votes is Friday 29 December at 23:59CET.


 * Due to non-voting, Arkaystia, Lussantia and Rraegvoerrgh were disqualified.